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38 killed in mine blast

MOSCOW: A methane explosion tore through a coal mine in southern Siberia on Thursday, killing at least 38 persons, said emergency officials, in the latest deadly accident to hit Russia's ailing mining industry. The blast at the Yubileinaya mine is the second to hit a mine owned and operated by OAO Yuzhkuzbassugol in two months — prompting a harsh warning from Russian industrial watchdog Rostekhnadzor, which said regional officials had sought to close down the Yubileinaya mine in the past. ``The owner and administration of the mine has repeatedly allowed violations of safety conditions of mine operation,'' the agency said. The explosion occurred about 520 metres below the surface at the mine near Novokuznetsk. — AP

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